Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15
ORDER IN QUA HOMES.
Why . Woman Should be a Center
Of Order What Makes q
Pleasant Home,
fFrom Ia Lonslon Qaeen ]

OF Order-Wnat Makes q
Pleasant Home.
From me LONDON Qsesn.l
n woman is "a balm Of distress. -
she should also be the center Of order.
II Is impossible 20 over-estimate the
Importance Of orderly habits not
merely 20 herself. but to her relations
and friends. When early acquired
they become n kind OF instinct. dis
comfort and disorder disappearing be-
fore them as il by magic. For the or
DERBY arrangement of a household by
no means depends upon the amount
Of money that is spent in II. but rather
on the orderly habits of its mistress.
OF course, clever servants can do a
great deal, but even they become de
moYalized in time when the mistress
and the young ladies Of the house are
not orderly.
Il is the details Of comfort supplied
BY the women who take care of Il that
make a home. The family sense Of
well-being does not consist IN the ro-
mantle surroundings or architectural
beauty OF artistic furnishing OF a house
80 much as in the cleanliness, the neat
ness, the punctuality-in a word, the
order OF its interior economy. These
are the outward and visible signs OF
the character Of a good housekeeper.
How can tell herr
By her cellar,
Clearly shelves and whitened walls.
! can guess her
BY her dresser,
BY the back staircase and hall
And with pleasure
Take her measure
BY the way she keeps her brooms;
Or the peeping
Al the " keeping"
OF her back and unseen rooms:
BY her kitchens air Of neatness,
And its general completeness.
Wherein in cleanliness and sweetness
The rose Of Order blooms.
Speaking Of girls work. the Rev. II.
x Hawels SAYS:
Order. neatness. cleanliness. mnst
FIRST be learnt. Gods world Il In order.
Some habits must be learnt Young. II
you are not orderly nc Is, the chances
are you never win be- A sloveniv girl
will make = slatternly wife. Go home
and look at your cupboards How
many things can YOU find without a
hunt2 Peep into those Corners-draw-
-nondescript places, in which eve
rything for which there is no other
place gets slowed away Do YOU no
tice grease spots quicklv7 Do you
take them out, or merely fold them
over7 q lady said to me. What can
be worse than q glove that has been
mended p A glove that wants mend
ing. replied.
These may seem - he small things
but thew show that there are too many
girls like a certain law. fashionable
Young lady who. the other day. was
heard giving the following piece OF SEN
tentious advice Never put OF till to
morrow what you can get your mother
~ do TO-DAY"
One Of the first requisites Of a wen
ordered home is punctuality. II there
is no regard for time in happy-go-
lucky administration. there is always
more or less friction. Trains run at a
particular hour schools and offices
open az certain times, So. If the ar
rangemeuts Of a house are not pune
iual is inmates will always be in a
wearyine irritating hurry. and yet
never in time, Napoleon's cook always
had q roast chicken ready for his mas
Ter at any time he called for breakfast.
because every quarter OF an hour he
put fresh chicken down 90 roast. II
We cannot afford so many chickens. We
must be pupctual to the settled hour oi
meals. A lady 81 experience observes
that good way "a pick out a husband
Is 20 see how patiently he waits for
dinner when 10 is behind time Her
husband remarks that a good way 20
PICK out a wife is 10 see whether the
woman has dinner ready i'm time. A
man said Il have a very reliable
clock Tor when it points az .. Il always
strikes T., and then | know il is half
pa| o'clock ! spent the other day
N house the mistress Of which re-
wmhle3 that clock and I never wish
70 enter it again. Every meal was an
oour late, The hostess spent much of
her time In looking for KEYS. and only
spoke n apologize for things that never
Noaid have gone wrong II she had been
center - order rather than, As she
vas. painfully chaotic.
We often speak ~ business men, %
Vat are there not business women. toe,
N the world' Certainly. for the man
aeement Of a household is as much q
matter ~ business as the management
~ shop or of q counting house. IL
Ielorts method, accuracy. OTRanira-
non, industry economy. ii~-iplina
ta't knowledge and capacity for adspt-
ulg means to ends. an this is 81 the
,ence 81 business. and hence bushes,
ntoiS ought Ga he cultivated bv girl,
SRo aspire "a sUccsed in life. Mr.
hnghi has said ot bows: " Teach a boy
anhnetic thoToUrhlvand heis made
nan Nhye Because it teaches him
'atl, accuracy. value. proportions
IHaaonS- Rgj does not s rirl rt-gulr,
= learn arithmetic AS much A. does ;
IVY She 3oeS forwhen she become,
90 she is NOT up 10 her husineS,
NAT is the mauaepment n her h,
t' affairs in conformity with the
SIMPLE PRINCIPLES ~ arithanesie ~,
l' 'hFouch shtvr ignorance. be hahl,
Nu.illit eNirsvagauCcS which max
most injurious Ga her family pesrt
-. reniorr Method. which j. tn,
$50. - business. Is also Of great i'm
..Ah'e % the home The uupunctua
r,.sl l1l'' Ike she unpUpctual man. oc
- as ais.'Se because she consume.
- wastes time. To the business
- IIne Is money. bat % the bust
-. woman method is more than mo
r.- - = peace, comfort and d0mesti,
& gSigE pagPer. In the old story
- votd oy the beadle that HEAVIER
~. ny Tor ' she likes of h5m ." an.
- re ogEhI IN he VERY thankful .,
: smother place % 70 20. II hon,
-. So7ncn make 10, Get a fcs
elsoands have 60 reject Witl
49,. lAai there Is no heaven q
tss-, :. ieaclty fgE the likes q